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  • 10087523510255043763307424218110767PublicAssets/2385Model based on X-ray crystallography of the structure of a small heat shock protein complex from the bacteria, <i>Methanococcus jannaschii</i>. <i>Methanococcus jannaschii</i> is an organism that lives at near boiling temperature, and this protein complex helps it cope with the stress of high temperature. Similar complexes are produced in human cells when they are "stressed" by events such as burns, heart attacks, or strokes. The complexes help cells recover from the stressful event.Berkeley Structural Genomics Center, PSI-1Berkeley Structural Genomics Center, PSI-1Illustration

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    Heat shock protein complex from Methanococcus jannaschii

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    Model based on X-ray crystallography of the structure of a small heat shock protein complex from the bacteria, Methanococcus jannaschii. Methanococcus jannaschii is an organism that lives at near boiling temperature, and this protein complex helps it cope with the stress of high temperature. Similar complexes are produced in human cells when they are "stressed" by events such as burns, heart attacks, or strokes. The complexes help cells recover from the stressful event.

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